Austria vs Netherlands
Austria vs Netherlands: Learning-adjusted schooling
Learning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 10.9 years in Austria and 11.5 years in Netherlands, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 0.6 years, or 1.06 times that in Austria.
years · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Netherlands has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2010.
Every year
years · World Bank
| Year | Austria | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 10.9 | 11.5 |
| 2018 | 11.3 | 11.8 |
| 2017 | 11.7 | 11.7 |
| 2010 | 10.9 | 11.7 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The years of school a child can expect by 18, cut to what students actually learn: the World Bank’s learning-adjusted years of school.
- Source: World Bank Human Capital Index, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 174 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Austria vs Netherlands
Health
- Life expectancyAustria: 82 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustria: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustria: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAustria: 98.9% in 2022Netherlands: 100% in 2022
- DepressionAustria: 3.26% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustria: 11.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustria: 9.13 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustria: -0.12% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustria: 1.32 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustria: 69.7% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageAustria: 43.1 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustria: 20.2% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustria: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustria: 1.1% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustria: $5.88B in 2025Netherlands: $27B in 2025
- Military spending per personAustria: $697 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustria: 2% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustria: 23,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustria: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustria: 0.5% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustria: 29 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustria: 1 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025